St. Louis Junction

John Schindler
• Represents a terminal switching operation in the St. Louis Metro area and includes BNSF, UP, CSX, Conrail, and NS trains, with three working yards, three staging areas, and much industrial switching in addition to bridge traffic
• The mainline is on a single level with branch line on a lower level
• Dispatching is Computer controlled CTC signaling.
• Point to point operation with staging at each end to represent St. Louis, Kansas City and Chicago
• 12 Operators: Dispatcher, Madison Yardmaster & helper, North St. Louis Yardmaster, 12th St Yardmaster, Tower Grove Industrial area Local, Granite City Steel Local. East St. Louis Local and 5 mainline pool spots

Layout Owner

John Schindler

Location

Saint Louis, MO

Scale

HO

Mainline Size

500 ft

Era

2010

Crew Complement

12 - 12

Completion

Track: 100%
Scenery: 90%
Electrical: 100%

Control System

Digitrax

Communications System

Family radio system

Dispatching Method

CTC

Car Forwarding

Car Cards/Waybills

Pets

Yes - Dog